NERVOUS homeowners have been pushing their property sales back to spring hoping a flurry of new buyers will be seeking out a home before Christmas.

Owners who listed their homes in August and saw little buyer interest have since chosen to postpone their auction dates in the hopes that more buyers will come to market during what is traditionally known as the most popular time of the year to transact.

Ray White Paddington’s Andrew Carey and Dean Jarman are selling a block of apartments at 1 Seymour Place, Paddington that was due to go under the hammer on September 1, but after little buyer interest they, together with vendors Inacia Monica and Fernando Neves, chose to postpone the big day.

The rooftop of 1 Seymour Place, Paddington.Source:Supplied

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“We had a short campaign, it was only on the market for two-and-a-half weeks,” Mr Carey said.

“We had two parties interested but one had problems with financing and we couldn’t get the others over the line.”

Mr Carey said rather than risk the property passing in at auction, they chose to extend the campaign until September 26.

“Any extra influx of buyers which spring can bring is going to be beneficial for the property,” he said.

“This is a whole block, so it is a smaller market as it is.”

Within just one extra week on the market, Mr Carey said already two more buyers had already shown interest.

Barrie Shaw and stage star Caroline O’Connor listed their Woollahra home at 27 Edgecliff Rd with the hopes of selling at a September 6 auction, however after having only a few buyers through the door, they chose to push the auction back by about a month.

The couple have owned the home for about 18 years and are selling to base themselves out of Noosa Waters while Ms O’Connor’s career continues to take the couple around the world.

“This is a really quiet time of year and we didn’t get enough people through to warrant going to auction,” Mr Shaw said.

“With what’s been going on with the government and people wondering about interest rates, people have been wary about moving.”

“The RBA won’t move interest rates until 2020 so people might now take a breath and start looking again.”